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22 U.S.C. § 3008 — Commission staff
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**(a) Personnel and administration committee** The Commission shall have a personnel and administration committee composed of the Chairman, the Cochairman, the senior Commission member from the minority party in the House of Representatives, and the senior Commission member from the minority party in the Senate.
**(b) Committee functions** All decisions pertaining to the hiring, firing, and fixing of pay of Commission staff personnel shall be by a majority vote of the personnel and administration committee, except that—
(1) the Chairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of the staff director, and the Cochairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of his senior staff person; and
(2) the Chairman and Cochairman each shall have the authority to appoint, with the approval of the personnel and administration committee, at least four professional staff members who shall be responsible to the Chairman or the Cochairman (as the case may be) who appointed them.
The personnel and administration committee may appoint and fix the pay of such other staff personnel as it deems desirable.
**(c) Staff appointments** All staff appointments shall be made without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and general schedule pay rates.
**(d) Commission employees as congressional employees**
(1) For purposes of pay and other employment benefits, rights, and privileges and for all other purposes, any employee of the Commission shall be considered to be a congressional employee as defined in [section 2107 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2107&num
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**(a) Personnel and administration committee** The Commission shall have a personnel and administration committee composed of the Chairman, the Cochairman, the senior Commission member from the minority party in the House of Representatives, and the senior Commission member from the minority party in the Senate.
**(b) Committee functions** All decisions pertaining to the hiring, firing, and fixing of pay of Commission staff personnel shall be by a majority vote of the personnel and administration committee, except that—
(1) the Chairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of the staff director, and the Cochairman shall be entitled to appoint and fix the pay of his senior staff person; and
(2) the Chairman and Cochairman each shall have the authority to appoint, with the approval of the personnel and administration committee, at least four professional staff members who shall be responsible to the Chairman or the Cochairman (as the case may be) who appointed them.
The personnel and administration committee may appoint and fix the pay of such other staff personnel as it deems desirable.
**(c) Staff appointments** All staff appointments shall be made without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and general schedule pay rates.
**(d) Commission employees as congressional employees**
(1) For purposes of pay and other employment benefits, rights, and privileges and for all other purposes, any employee of the Commission shall be considered to be a congressional employee as defined in [section 2107 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2107&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) For purposes of section 3304(i)(1) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 5, staff personnel of the Commission shall be considered as if they are in positions in which they are paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
(3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall be effective as of June 3, 1976.
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For the purpose of this title, “Congressional employee” means—
(1) an employee of either House of Congress, of a committee of either House, or of a joint committee of the two Houses;
(2) an elected officer of either House who is not a Member of Congress;
(3) the Legislative Counsel of either House and an employee of his office;
(4) a member or employee of the Capitol Police;
(5) an employee of a Member of Congress if the pay of the employee is paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives;
(6) Repealed. Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(5)(A), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 196.]
(7) the Architect of the Capitol and an employee of the Architect of the Capitol;
(8) an employee of the Botanic Garden; and
(9) an employee of the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services.
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The Commission is authorized and directed to monitor the acts of the signatories which reflect compliance with or violation of the articles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, with particular regard to the provisions relating to human rights and Cooperation in Humanitarian Fields. The Commission is further authorized and directed to monitor and encourage the development of programs and activities of the United States Government and private organizations with a view toward taking advantage of the provisions of the Final Act to expand East-West economic cooperation and a greater interchange of people and ideas between East and West.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3007
1 See References in Text note below.
House Document No. 103–7 (in which a report required
under this section is listed on page 157), see section 3003
of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
§ 3007. Appropriations for Commission
(a) Authorization; disbursements
(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Commission for each fiscal year such sums
as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its
duties and functions. Appropriations to the
Commission are authorized to remain available
until expended.
(2) Appropriations to the Commission shall be
disbursed on vouchers approved—
(A) jointly by the Chairman and the Co-
chairman, or
(B) by a majority of the members of the per-
sonnel and administration committee estab-
lished pursuant to section 3008(a) of this title.
(b) Use of foreign currencies
For purposes of section 1754(b) of this title, the
Commission shall be deemed to be a standing
committee of the Congress and shall be entitled
to use funds in accordance with such sections.
(c) Official reception and representational ex-
penses
Not to exceed $6,000 of the funds appropriated
to the Commission for each fiscal year may be
used for official reception and representational
expenses.
(d) Foreign travel for official purposes
Foreign travel for official purposes by Com-
mission members and staff may be authorized by
either the Chairman or the Cochairman.
(Pub. L. 94–304, § 7, June 3, 1976, 90 Stat. 662; Pub.
L. 94–534, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2495; Pub. L.
95–426, title VII, § 702, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 992;
Pub. L. 96–60, title IV, § 401, Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat.
403; Pub. L. 99–7, §§ 3, 4, Mar. 27, 1985, 99 Stat. 19.
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